Ideas for new collectors

New to the world of bag collecting? Want to get a head start on your
collection? Here are some ideas.

Get a starter pack. Send me an email, and I'll
send you a randomly selected free starter pack from my
surplus bag stock. There won't
be anything rare, and you may end up with some duplicates, but at least you'll
be able to show your friends a few more of these lovely cultural artefacts. Make
sure you include your mailing address in your email. Offer good as long as
stocks last. Several other baggists also offer starter packs. Check out their
websites (see below) for details.

Join the barfbags egroup:
an email
group of other people who are not ashamed to admit they steal bags
designed to hold regurgitated contents of the human digestive tract.

Check out eBay's bag auctions. If
you've got some spare cash and are not morally opposed to paying for
stolen goods, then buying a stack of someone else's unwanted bags is a
good way to build a collection quickly. Be warned, though - competition
can be fierce for rare items. (Note: bagophily.com does not buy or sell
bags. All my bags (OK, I admit it - except the must-have
Virgin Atlantic Design for Chunks series)
are acquired by begging, borrowing, stealing or trade, not by purchase.